MTSD Board of Education

The Mequon-Thiensville Board of Education held one working meeting, one legislative committee meeting, one policy committee meeting, and one regular business meeting in May.

May 4 Working Meeting

Highlights included:

• Aramark Food Services Annual Update

• 2026-2027 Preliminary Budget Update

May 14 Policy Committee Meeting

• Policies scheduled to be discussed included: Policy 0132.01 - Draft Functions - Executive - Selection of Superintendent, Policy 0145 - Draft Membership - Sexual and Other Forms of Misconduct, Policy 3242 - Draft Staff Development, Policy 5730 - Draft Equal Access For Non-District-Sponsored, Student Clubs and Activities, Policy 8350 - Draft Confidentiality

May 18 Regular Business Meeting

Highlights included:

• Reports given by the Board Treasurer, Superintendent, and Oriole Lane PTO representative, Laci Oyler

• Update on Philanthropic Giving Feasibility Study on HHS Outdoor Athletic Facilities Master Plan

• First reading of Policy 3242 - Draft Staff Development

May 22 Legislative Committee Meeting

• The committee engaged in a robust planning discussion that included reviewing recent legislative activities and examining the DRAFT Statewide Framework Paper for Access to UW-Madison. Additionally, members considered the MTSD BOE Legislative Committee Legislative Topics Rubric and noted that the committee's membership will be up for consideration again at the upcoming Board’s June Business Meeting.

• Looking ahead to next steps in legislative advocacy, the committee reviewed progress on the 2025-2026 Board and Superintendent Annual Goals and discussed SWSA recommendations for the Legislative Advocacy Calendar. The committee also mapped out key content for its upcoming report to the June BOE Business Meeting, which will feature high-level overviews of recent legislative activity—including the results of the Budget Surplus Bill—and outreach regarding the UW-Madison acceptance advocacy framework. The report will also provide updates on the creation of the rubric used to assess Legislative Platform topics and the progress made toward annual advocacy goals.

As a reminder, all Board of Education meeting agendas and video recordings of past meetings can be found on the MTSD Board of Education website.